Μῆδος
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See also: μῆδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Old Iranian name, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (m-a-d /Māda-/), but of uncertain meaning; possibly from Proto-Iranian *mádyah (“in the middle”). Folk etymology connected it to Μήδεια (Mḗdeia), granddaughter of Helios.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̂ː.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ðos/
Noun
Μῆδος • (Mêdos) m (genitive Μήδου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Μῆδος ho Mêdos |
τὼ Μήδω tṑ Mḗdō |
οἱ Μῆδοι hoi Mêdoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μήδου toû Mḗdou |
τοῖν Μήδοιν toîn Mḗdoin |
τῶν Μήδων tôn Mḗdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μήδῳ tôi Mḗdōi |
τοῖν Μήδοιν toîn Mḗdoin |
τοῖς Μήδοις toîs Mḗdois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μῆδον tòn Mêdon |
τὼ Μήδω tṑ Mḗdō |
τοὺς Μήδους toùs Mḗdous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Μῆδε Mêde |
Μήδω Mḗdō |
Μῆδοι Mêdoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μηδῐ́ᾱ (Mēdĭ́ā)
- Μηδῐ́ζω (Mēdĭ́zō)
- Μηδικός (Mēdikós)
- Μηδῐ́ς (Mēdĭ́s)
- Μηδισμός (Mēdismós)
- Μηδιστί (Mēdistí)
Descendants
References
- “Μῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G3370 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Linguistic Study of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers